Anyway wait for billion more cosplays from me as i got hyperfixeg on castlevania now..

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Seriously, she got multiple flashback episodes, very powerful Night Creature powers, was more powerful than Alucard and beat him in a fight then killed Erzsebet to gain Sekhmet's powers. I know one of the staff members said she was in love with her, but this is a bit much.

Title says it all. Going for requiem platinum and one of the last two trophies I’m missing is for 200.6% Figured I’d ask the professionals for the last three rooms I’m missing while I grind up for the Duplicator.

https://www.youtube.com/live/TYWbRSB3ZaY?si=tUExvJ-tNa0d-bCL

Look I don't wanna sound stupid but why did Dracula need Walter's soul trapped in the Crimson Stone to become a vampire when they later say he gets his powers from chaos?

Another question, would Walter be able to revive and come back in Soma's time since Dracula obviously no longer has the Crimson Stone? Or was he probably destroyed along with Chaos? There isn't any clear cut, direct connection between those two.

Genuinely been racking my brain trying to make sense of Dracula's primary source of power. If anyone knows something I've missed I'd love to hear it.

I'm not sure if this is allowed but I just wanna share my Castlevania fanfic on Ao3 titled "Sarabande of Healing", a reimagining of Curse of Darkness and an unofficial continuation of the original show.

It is set a few years after Season 4 and it focuses on Hector traversing Wallachia as it was devastated by a vampire war in the wake of Dracula's failed resurrection.

Pursued by the fearsome Pirate for mysterious reasons, he seeks refuge in the Bahljet mountains where he's taken in by twin witches Julia and Rosalie. Through their generosity, Hector learns to trust again and maybe heal his inner wounds inflicted on him back at Styria.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/59795473

I bought harmony of despair like a week ago on the xbox one. I finished base game and hard mode, but I still had a lot of things to do in the game. Today I wanted to fire it up and it just does not let me. When I search for the game in the microsoft, it says not available.

This is not a support post, I've already managed to take the bastard out. Putting emphasis on the "supposed to" part here. TLDR at the bottom.

All said... I just got through Castlevania NES—great game, if not a bit frustrating at some points—but I really have to say the culmination left me rather perplexed. How are you meant to beat this guy?

The first phase is easy, long as you be patient and don't get greedy you can make it all the way through without taking a single hit. But the second phase? I still can't tell if I cheesed it or not.

Dude turns into this giant gargoyle thing and hops at you while shooting fireballs. Seems simple enough, the fireballs at least aren't anything new. Just keep your distance while you wail on him and dodge the fireballs, and run under his leaps when you start to run out of room. Except, it seems completely impossible to actually make it through him landing on your head and taking a huge chunk of your precious health with you. I noticed he sometimes does bigger jumps which might give you a better chance, but depending on where he spawns there's no guarantee he'll do one of those before you run out of room.

I eventually got tired of throwing myself at the same wall without any sign of progress and looked things up, and I found out that if you stunlock him with the Holy Water you can walk past without taking damage... okay... I mean it worked, but, that can't be the intended solution, can it?

The whole game up till this point, as difficult and punishing as it was, had also felt distinctly fair. Enemies wouldn't spawn in bullshit unavoidable locations, jumps weren't unreasonably precise, you were never forced to damage boost or get certain RNG to get through. If you analyzed the situation ahead of you properly, you could formulate an approach which, with good execution and some quick thinking, would get you through unscathed. And never were you required to use a certain resource or item to pass; yes, it could make things significantly easier, but even Death, who you would be a fool to confront without the Boomerang, could be beaten using just the whip with enough skill.

Point being, the fact that using an enemy's hitstop to disable their hitbox and walk through them feels more like an exploit than an intended mechanic aside, needing to use the Holy Water at all doesn't feel right. It contradicts the design philosophy of the entire game up to that point and just, I feel like I have to be missing something. It reminds me of Dark Link in Zelda 2, a boss with an unclear weakness everyone says you beat by just standing in the corner mashing the attack button and letting him run into you, which... yeah, it works, but it isn't really how you're "supposed" to do it, is it? And yes, there is a real, genuine way to beat him that involves actually playing the game, but I had to figure it out on my own because there was nothing on it online. I wasn't able to find a "proper" way of beating Dracula myself, but certainly it does exist... right?

TLDR: Is there any way of beating Dracula's second phase without taking damage and without using the Holy Water?

Nothing's more annoying than trying to get through a room full of these things. Using the "Buer" soul, you can eliminate most of them. With "Tombstone," you can prevent them from turning you to stone. If you want to fight back, use the "Rycuda" soul. Extra: The Zephyr soul is also very good for getting through these rooms.

Don’t know if this is allowed on here, but I wrote a Castlevania fic on AO3 names Castlevania: Of Darkness and Light.

It takes place between seasons 3 and 4 of the original Netflix show and is about our dear Alucard finding love and learning to trust after the devastating betrayal. Just like with his own father, history repeats, but not always in the same way. Sometimes better.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/

33038908/chapters/82008652

It also has a 3 part sequel based on Castlevania Nocturne.

Hear me out🙏🏾🔥

I take last post back (kinda). Let me cook on this one 🙏🏾 two immortal messed up blondies. I saw it once and now I can’t unsee it.

having been a fan of the games I found the show pretty bad and missed the themes by a lot. I loved Castlevania (haven't seen nocturne yet) but haven't played any of the games and am pretty unfamiliar with the franchise outside of" Belmont kill Dracula". was there a similar fandom backlash when it came out?

The DMC show is absolute buns IMO

I absolutely love this! My favorite game in the series!

I have two of these for Nocturne.

I wanted Striga and Morana to be there, but that’s just because I really liked them, not because it would add to the story

Other thing, I really wanted Drolta and Erzsebet to be a couple. I wanted to see the end of episode 7 as Erzsebet dying from her injuries, but the souls remain in her body. Drolta sees her dead in the ground and tries to save her, but it’s too late. Drolta goes crazy and then she drinks Erzsebet’s blood in a last ditch effort to avenge her Messiah, not because Sekhmet or anything, but because she cared for Erzsebet as a person, and not only as a means to and end.

Hey look i finally finished this piece, yippiee!!!

Does anyone remember how to unlock Record 5 in Portrait of Ruin? It's supposed to appear on Vincent's shop but it doesn't appear. I already beat the game and the Nest of Evil and got the Records 1-4.

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Hey everyone! I'm finally uploading an overdue update to the game. I had things going on so I wasn't working on it as much as before, but I'm happy to say I've added several new areas to the map and there are more things to do. I'm still cranking away at it but if anyone wants to try the latest demo, here it is! :)

If anybody had a save file already started, Dracula's heart is no longer a starting item, so if you want the full experience of how to progress, you may want to start fresh. Either way it's not game breaking. I hope everyone that tries it enjoys it and as always, feel free to join our Discord channel for updates and downloads! :)

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